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British Ceylon (1796–1948)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Ceylon_(1796–1948)
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
British colony
gptkbp:area
65,610 km²
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:Ceylon_rupee
gptkbp:currentLocation
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:endDate
1948
gptkbp:ethnicGroup
gptkb:Burghers
gptkb:Indian_Tamils
gptkb:Malays
gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
gptkb:Veddas
gptkb:Moors
gptkbp:flag
gptkb:Flag_of_British_Ceylon
gptkbp:governor
gptkb:Frederick_North
gptkb:William_Manning
gptkb:Andrew_Caldecott
gptkb:Arthur_Hamilton-Gordon
gptkb:Henry_Monck-Mason_Moore
gptkb:Reginald_Edward_Stubbs
gptkbp:historicalPeriod
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Ceylon (1796–1948)
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkb:Executive_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkb:State_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:locatedOn
gptkb:island_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:mainExports
gptkb:café
rubber
coconut
gptkbp:monarch
gptkb:Edward_VII
gptkb:Edward_VIII
gptkb:George_V
gptkb:George_VI
gptkb:Victoria
gptkb:William_IV
gptkb:George_IV
gptkb:George_III
gptkbp:officialLanguage
gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:population
6,657,339 (1946)
gptkbp:populationCensusYear
1946
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Dutch_Ceylon
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:significantEvent
gptkb:Soulbury_Constitution
gptkb:Kandyan_Convention
gptkb:Uva_Rebellion
gptkb:Donoughmore_Constitution
gptkbp:startDate
1796
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Dominion_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:British_Ceylon_(until_1796)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5